Improvement in cans for oil



c. BRANSGROVE.

Cans for Oil.

I Patented Aug. 4,1874.

I THE EEJFIHCCO,PHOYO-LITHJSR I PARK PLACEJLY.

UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES BRANSGROVE, OF LAKE VIEW, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CANS FOR OIL.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 153,659, dated August4, 1874; application filed March 27, 1874.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OHARLEs BRANSGROVE, of Lake View, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements inOil-Cans, of which the following is a full, clear and exact descriptionwhich will enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionrelates, to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which Figurel is a perspective view; Fig. 2, section, showing operation of stopperFig. 3, top View.

My invention relates to cans generally used for oil and sometimes forother purposes. At the present time considerable inconvenience isexperienced in filling cans and emptying the same on account of the airescaping from them when being filled, and not enough entering when thecontents are being taken from the same, and to overcome this defect Ihave invented the following novel arrangement:

In the accompanying drawing, A, Fig. 1, represents the can ready for useas I would construct it B, neck of the same, being longer than those ingeneral use, or perhaps it would not be necessary in all cases to makeit as long. The neck is provided upon one side with the spout O and uponthe opposite side with a hole, a, the same having a lip, 12, soldered orsecured around it and extending upsay, oneinchabove the upper edge ofthe hole a, in such a manner that when oil is poured into the same itwill run through the hole into the can, the spout O acting as a vent forthe air to escape when the can is being filled, and the hole a acting inthe same capacity when the contents are being poured out. In order toprevent the contents of the can from being spilled in case it should beturned over, the same is provided with the stopper 0, which is attachedto the wire 0. When the can is not in use the handle is pressed down,and by this means the stopper 0 is forced down far enough to close thespout O, and at the same time closes the vent a, as represented in Fig.2. When the contents are to be taken from the can, or a part of them,the handle D is drawn up, as represented by dotted lines, and in thismanner the stopper is removed from the entrance of the spout, and at thesame time opens the hole or vent a.

Having thus describedmy invention, What Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

- The combination, in an oil-can, of the neck B, lip b, vent a, spout O,stopper G, and handle 0, all constructed and arranged to operate asspecified and described.

. The above specification signed by me.

CHARLES BRANSGROVE. Witnesses: T

O. M. GRARY, G. BROWN, Jr.

